All We Have, All We Need: Black Girls as Educational Stakeholders Disrupting Hyper-Punishment in Schools

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

This symposium brings together a panel of Black Women scholars who have conducted research for, about, and with Black girls from various K-12 contexts. The authors draw heavily from Critical Race Feminisms, the thematic center of this session, as a guiding framework, and it is chaired by a leading Critical Race Feminist scholar. This session draws from data on Black girls across the country and myriad methodological approaches to more deeply understand the consequences of school discipline on the academic experiences of Black girls. In addition to depth, scholars cover breadth by cutting across the various elements that make up a school system—polices, practices, and pedagogies—to highlight the nuances surrounding the punishment of Black girls.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Research on Women and Education

Chair

• Venus E. Evans-Winters, African American Policy Forum

Papers

• Zero Tolerance 2.0: Antiblack Aggressions as Policy in the Schooling Experiences of Black Girls - Jennifer M. Wilmot, The University of Kansas; Dorothy E. Hines, University of Kansas

• Discourses of Distraction: An Analysis of School Dress Codes on Hair - Cierra Kaler-Jones, University of Maryland - College Park

• Examining the Role of Teachers in Shaping the Learning and Development of Black Girls - Lauren Mims, Ball State University

• I Am More Than What Has Happened to Me: A Powerful Narrative of a Systems-Impacted Black Girl - Jamelia Nicole Harris, University of California - Los Angeles; Brianna Marche' Harvey, University of California - Los Angeles

Discussant

• Shena Sanchez, University of Alabama